DOTW: Stories from Uttarkhand - Page 10

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

Chen2chic

I positively hate what is being portrayed in the serial. Had they shown the original Valmiki, it wouldn't have looked so bad.

Another thing occured to me - time management. It's been argued that they are on a budget, and need to complete the serial quickly, which is why we didn't see family scenes, etc. But they've already wasted a lot of time on peripheral issues - Karkati, Ahiravan (3 weeks!!!), the fiasco with the grahas, Kumbhakarna falling asleep in battle, et al. You'd think they could have planned the whole plot in advance, so that it's within budget and time, but captures all the important events?

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

Another question - does it seem credible that Sunaina would be advising Sita on whether a king should prefer his subjects to his queen?

Originally posted by: Khalrika

Yes, only if she was learned and well versed in raj neeti. We do not know much about Sunaina; about her character and the kind of person she was to make any judgments. Strictly IMHO, it will be logical to me only if Sunaina was well versed in state craft and a very intelligent woman.

If they wanted to show Sunaina they should have shown her coming to see Sita with Maharaj Janak; like a royal visit. Did I miss anything or did she just spring into the serial out of the blue?

Btw, did Maharaja Janak have more than one wife or was Sunaina the only one?

Chen2chic

This is correct - that Janak had no heirs, and didn't try to get any even when he accompanied Rama to Vaikuntha. He was a real ascetic who went all the way.

Just wondering - didn't the rules of rajdharm apply to him? Or did he adapt someone and install him as his heir?

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

Chen2chic

This is correct - that Janak had no heirs, and didn't try to get any even when he accompanied Rama to Vaikuntha. He was a real ascetic who went all the way.

Just wondering - didn't the rules of rajdharm apply to him? Or did he adapt someone and install him as his heir?

I doubt it - that Vaishistha was their guru.

I also doubt that Janak was Suryavanshi. I once read on Rajput wiki that there needs to be 7 generations of separation for a Kshatriya marriage to be legal. I also don't think even guru-bhaiyas would have been allowed to marry, so Vaishishtha is unlikely to have been the kulguru for Mithila.

Another question - once Shatrughan became the ruler of Mathura, who was the raj kulguru? Did it remain Vaishishtha, or did it become Chyavan or someone else?

Originally posted by: chen2chic

Acc. to one list from the internet which gives the names of the Janak lineage (I think wikipedia), it says one Bhanumaan succeeded Ksheeradhwaj Janak (Sita's father). But it does not tell us where and who this Bhanuman came from?

Also, were the Janaks, Chandravamshi or Suryavamshi, bcoz it says that Nimi's family preceptor was Sage Vashishta, who actually curses him and thats why he dies without a heir and then they churn him and Mithi is born and hence the Janaks. Would Vashishta have been the Kulguru for too different dynasties ie Chandra & Surya?

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

I doubt it - that Vaishistha was their guru.

I also doubt that Janak was Suryavanshi. I once read on Rajput wiki that there needs to be 7 generations of separation for a Kshatriya marriage to be legal. I also don't think even guru-bhaiyas would have been allowed to marry, so Vaishishtha is unlikely to have been the kulguru for Mithila.

Another question - once Shatrughan became the ruler of Mathura, who was the raj kulguru? Did it remain Vaishishtha, or did it become Chyavan or someone else?